Host Jimmy Blais discusses CRASH with playwright Pamela Mala Sinha and actress Ghazal Azarbad.

CRASH is having it's Montreal premier with Imago Theatre in Montreal in February, 2026.

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CRASH is the fractured unraveling of memory.

A tour de force narrative about family, faith and love set in Montreal, CRASH is a story of The Girl, who undergoes the haunting memories of a past assault as she navigates the loss of a loved one.

CRASH, Pamela Mala Sinha’s debut solo play premiered at Theatre Passé Muraille, garnering 6 Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations and winning 4, including Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress for Pamela.

With Necessary Angel Theatre, CRASH had two more Toronto runs, toured to Vancouver and Edmonton and had its New York City premiere at the Signature Theatre as part of Soulpepper Theatre’s 2017 tour.

This new production will bring this critically acclaimed play to Montreal for the first time, with a new actress playing The Girl, taking over the role from Pamela.

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This episode features music by Debashis Sinha, was produced and edited by Danna-Rae Evasiuk with Assistant Producer Tanelle Milton.

For more information, visit www.imagotheatre.ca

RIVER

Written and Performed by Rubena Sinha

Music by Phoebe Man

RIVER blends autobiographical storytelling with Taiko drumming, percussion, and vocals by Phoebe Man, creating a journey that is at once heartfelt, tragic, and ultimately inspiring.

RIVER is a special presentation from the Inside Imago podcast, and a companion piece to our upcoming production of CRASH. Learn more about these two works at www.imagotheatre.ca

Credits:

Written and Performed by Rubena Sinha

Taiko Drum, Percussion, Vocals, and Sound by Phoebe Man

Original Direction by Shaun Phillips

Produced and Edited by Danna-Rae Evasiuk

Host Jimmy Blais discusses Cult Play with playwright Scout Rexe and Dramaturg Fatma Sarah Elkashef.

Cult Play is having its world premiere with Imago Theatre in Montreal in October, 2025, before it travels to Halifax in 2026.

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What would you do if the life you always dreamed of came at a price you never expected?

Alex meets a captivating woman who is everything she’s ever wanted. Taylor opens the door to a thrilling new world... but what if it’s all a trap?

Cult Play immerses the audience in Alex’s journey and the seductive power of belonging. In revealing her dark archive, Alex invites you to step into a thought experiment that questions the boundaries between voyeur and participant.

Queer, enticingly playful and unapologetically bold, Cult Play is a multimedia solo show that explores the complex interplay of desire and deception, complicity and choice.

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Host Jimmy Blais discusses Scorpio Moon with playwright Adjani Poirier and Director Murdoch Schon.

On a hot Montreal summer night, the air hangs heavy with regret. Is forgiveness possible?

Two estranged friends meet after a heartbreaking betrayal. One wants absolution, while the other has different ideas. Now, in a crumbling abandoned warehouse where they once laughed and drank cheap wine, the pair must now reckon with the darkest parts of themselves in order to find each other again.

Scorpio Moon is a love story about friendship that explores the complexities of race, queerness, art, and money.

For more information, visit www.imagotheatre.ca

The music in this episode was composed, performed, and recorded by Jackie Gallant.

Host and co-director Jimmy Blais discusses The Wolves and Adventures with soccer consultant Gillian Clark and co-director Kirsta Jackson.

The Wolves, a Geordie Theatre & Imago Theatre co-production, follows a high school girls’ soccer team as they prepare for victory while grappling with the challenges of adolescence. This fast-paced play examines themes of belonging, friendship, sexuality, grief, and politics through the eyes of nine strong young women.

Adventures, a collaboration between Imago Theatre and Keep Good (Theatre) Company, blends fairy tale and gritty realism. It centers on PJ and Wendy at a pivotal moment, exploring the question: “Am I a good enough person to bring a child into this big, sad and beautiful world?”

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Host Jimmy Blais speaks with Keren Roberts about The Flood as they begin rehearsals of its World Premiere in Montreal, presented by Imago Theatre. They talk about how they research and prepare as actors when they work with a historical script, the true stories of the characters, and collaborative theatre making.

In the basement prison below Toronto’s St. Lawrence Market, melting ice water pours into the prison from Lake Ontario, and women must come together to survive.Beautiful and brutal, The Flood gives voice to the little known stories of women prisoners in Canada, while examining our systemically racist justice system.

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Host Jimmy Blais talks with Playwright Gabrielle Chapdelaine and translator David Gagnon Walker about their new play The Retreat, as Imago Theatre presents its world premiere in Montreal.

This absurd, funny and provocative Montreal play features a community of people who have chosen to leave the world, shed all layers of their identity and responsibility in order to find mental wellness. When a new person arrives with her cell phone, chaos ensues. Escape into brazenly becoming zero.

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Host Jimmy Blais talks with Playwrights Amy Lee Lavoie & Omari Newton about their new play Redbone Coonhound, as it comes to Montreal during its Rolling World Premiere.

Out for a walk, Mike and Marissa—an interracial couple—meet a dog with an unfortunate breed name: Redbone Coonhound. This small detail unleashes a cascading debate between them about race and their relationship that manifests as a series of micro-plays, each satirizing contemporary perspectives on modern culture.

Redbone Coonhound is an Imago Theatre and Tarragon Theatre Co-Production, and was commissioned by the Arts Club Theatre Company as a Silver Commission.

Learn more at www.imagotheatre.ca